Sabalenka races into French Open second round

A double fault, however, handed the top-seeded Belarusian the first set and she opened up a 5-0 advantage in the ⁠second.

Bouzas Maneiro ‌got to ​survive another couple of games when she ​held and ‌then broke for 5-2 but a double ​fault gave Sabalenka a routine win in 75 minutes.

"That's the most enjoyable part of the ​game ​that I can ​come to the net ‌to play points there, it's so much fun," last year's runner-up Sabalenka said.

"I'm so happy I was able to improve on ​that part of the game and ​bring it on ⁠court."

Sabalenka will next play the winner out of Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova and France's Elsa Jacquemot.